The following is a list of notable people who were either born in, lived in, are current residents of, or are closely associated with the city of Dumaguete, in Negros Oriental, a province in Negros Island, Philippines.
- Juanita Amatong, Philippine Secretary of Finance and first woman executive director in the World Bank Group
- Elizabeth Cooper [Isabel Rosario Cooper], actress and mistress of Gen. Douglas MacArthur
- Glydel Mercado, actress
- Gino Antonio, actor
- Theodore Boborol, director[1]
- Beauty Gonzalez, actress and Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus 4th Teen Placer[2][3][4]
- Bret Jackson, actor and Pinoy Big Brother housemate[5][6]
- Eddie Romero, director, screenwriter, and National Artist for Cinema and Broadcast Arts[7]
- Dennis Trillo, actor, model, singer, and TV host[8]
- Merlie M. Alunan, poet and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner[11]
- César Ruiz Aquino, poet, fictionist, SEAWrite awardee, and four-time Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner[12]
- Ian Casocot, fictionist and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner[13]
- Elsa Martinez Coscolluela, poet, fictionist, playwright, co-founder of the IYAS National Writers Workshop, and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award Hall-of-Famer[14]
- Leoncio P. Deriada, poet, fictionist, playwright and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award Hall-of-Famer[15]
- Lakambini Sitoy, fictionist and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner[16]
- Edilberto Tiempo, novelist, critic, co-founder of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop, and SEAWrite awardee [17]
- Edith Tiempo, poet, novelist, critic, co-founder of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop, and National Artist for Literature[18]
- Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas, poet, fictionist, essayist, and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner[19]
- Dionardo Carlos, 27th Chief of the Philippine National Police
- Cirilito Sobejana, general, incumbent Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Armed Forces of the Philippines, and recipient of the Medal of Valor
- Juanita Amatong, former Secretary of the Department of Finance[20]
- Kira Danganan-Azucena, diplomat
- Emilio Macias, provincial governor
- José E. Romero, congressman, senator, first Philippine Ambassador to the Court of St. James's and former Secretary of the Department of Education
- Jose V. Romero Jr., Philippine Ambassador to Italy
- Lorenzo Teves, senator
- Margarito Teves, congressman and former Secretary of the Department of Finance[21]
- Hermenegildo Villanueva, senator
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